Description
Making sure gifted students have quality instruction and challenging assignments is widely popular in the education world. But do you know exactly what it means to be gifted and why it matters? This six-hour course, “Identification & Assessment of the Gifted,” addresses issues surrounding gifted students and practical ways to identify them.
Lisa Van Gemert, a leading voice in gifted education, shares an overview of the history of gifted education and its importance today. Educators will also learn how to tell whether or not a student is gifted by using different tests and assessments. Teachers who have a thorough understanding of how to identify and assess gifted students will be able to equip and challenge these students better.
In this informative course educators will learn:
- What it means to be gifted
- Characteristics of gifted children
- How to test intelligence
- The importance of CLD populations
- Traits of twice-exceptional students
Presenter Bio
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Jarrett – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (verified owner) –
I am required to do a total of 30 hours of training for my GT certificate and even though I enjoy and believe the information is helpful for us to be better teachers for students, it can certainly be more efficiently presented in a shorter amount of time without sacrificing the quality of this training.
Brian – BELTON ISD (verified owner) –
Nice and informative
Erin – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
This course was helpful, especially at identifying and understanding “twice exceptional” students.
Karen – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
I thought it was helpful and reminded me of things I had forgotten.
Maria – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN (verified owner) –
Good resource
DeLori – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
It is very interesting but way too much material.
Mary – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very informative
Jeni Noell – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Great course!
Julia – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
love the video animals
Anindita – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
This was very useful and informative.